Bahrain tries to appease its citizens with cash

[nairiporter]

Bahrain's king gives out cash ahead of protests
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE71A24Z20110211

Bahrain's king decided on Friday to give 1,000 dinars ($2,650) to each Bahraini family, the latest step that the Sunni rulers have taken to appease the majority Shi'ite public before protests planned next week.

Although most analysts do not see any immediate risk of revolt after popular uprisings toppled the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt, the small oil producer is considered the most vulnerable to unrest among Gulf Arab countries.

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[il-mio-gufo.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of this one yet :S thanks for the link!

& what a clever way to keep the ships at bay ;) give them money, keep them happy, and hopefully they will behave well. It may work, but I would think that it depends on how far 1,000 dinars will last.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

Not very far I guess. Life is very expensive there.

[il-mio-gufo.livejournal.com]

Oh sure; I bet. So then, if the monies will only help me out for a month, let say, then I will probably only behave for approximately one month.

Then again, because they are smaller maybe they will be more prone to open dialogue so as to avoid anything non-diplomatic *let us hope*